Trigonometry 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1111826854
ISBN 13: 978-1-11182-685-7

Chapter 7 - Section 7.3 - The Ambiguous Case - 7.3 Problem Set - Page 391: 41

Answer

$\dfrac{7 \pi}{6} + 2k\pi, \dfrac{11 \pi }{6}+ 2k \pi$

Work Step by Step

$2 \cos{x} - \dfrac{1}{\cos{x}} + \dfrac{\sin{x}}{\cos{x}} = 0$ $2 \cos{x} = 1 + \sin{x} =0$ $2- 2 \sin^2{x} - 1 + \sin{x}=0$ $2 \sin^2{x} = \sin{x} - 1 = 0$ Using the quadratic formula: $\sin{x} = \dfrac{1 \pm \sqrt{1-4(2)(-1)}}{2(2)} = \dfrac{1\pm 3}{4}$ $ \sin{x} = 1 \hspace{30pt} \sin{x} = -\dfrac{1}{2}$ $x = \dfrac{7 \pi}{6} + 2k\pi, \dfrac{11 \pi }{6}+ 2k \pi$
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